Speaking to the Daily Post, he said: “We tend to target our campaigns based on evidence from previous years and we always see a peak in electrical fires during December, in fact it’s a spike of almost double.

“Obviously, we see it a lot more as people decorate their homes in lots of weird and wonderful lights as is the big fashion.

“But when people start putting plug into plug into plug, that’s when things get dangerous.”

Last year, firefighters dealt with 38 electrical fires in December compared to 19 in November and 22 in October.

“We want to make sure things are done safely so we have an amp calculator on our website and app so that people can work out how much power extension leads can cope with,” added Stuart.

“Another emerging issue that we are keeping an eye on is ‘after market chargers’ - not the ones that come with electrical devices but the ones you can buy in markets or over the internet for mobile phones, e-cigarettes, i-phones and tablets.

“It is frightening how fast a Christmas tree can go up, they are extremely flammable - candles near Christmas trees is a recipe for disaster.

“Christmas lights and anything that generates heat is our concern.

“I’ve been into homes where Christmas has been ruined by Christmas tree fires burning all the presents underneath.